Re-Elect Mark Anderson for Windham County Sheriff
Why Re-elect Mark?
Our motivations for re-electing Mark Anderson are simple: Vermonters want to feel safe at home, school, and work. Vermonters want to be able to afford to live and work in Vermont. Vermonters need to be able to access our communities, resources, and services. Sheriff Anderson is Happy to Help!
Accomplishments in Office
The Regional Policing project is primarily focused on improving access to policing in rural towns without police departments by accomplishing two things: Identifying how to govern regional policing and then identifying how to fund it. In 2022, Sheriff Anderson commissioned this project with the goal of improving current systems, educating the public on what is being done and what can be done. In 2026, a pilot program was launched with the approval of the Vermont Legislature and the Governor.
Recognizing a gap in services for rural towns, our office created a regional animal control officer that currently services Dummerston, Guilford, Putney, Newfane, Westminster, and Windham. Our regional animal control officer is responsible for handling animals at large, vicious animals, registration requirements and quarantine requirements. In addition, we support towns and their law enforcement agencies performing animal cruelty investigations.
Governors Highway Safety Program
"The Windham County Sheriff's Office is involved in a variety of targeted enforcement activities, funded through a variety of grants. This includes patrol efforts in cooperation with the Governor's Highway Safety Program to combat impaired driving, distracted driving and encourage occupant protection use; enforcement of snowmobile laws on VAST trails; educating new drivers as an enhancement to driver's education programs and more."
The Windham County Sheriff's Advisory is a group of community members charged with providing community perspective, blind spots, and feedback to the Sheriff's Office. In Vermont, county governments lack a legislative body that serves this function in local or state governments. The Advisory meets to discuss policy, operations, and needs of the communities within Windham County.
With the advent of prescription medication, the topic of disposal comes to mind frequently. Many people are concerned about the drugs ending up on the streets or in the soil and groundwater around us. The Drug Take-Back is a national program to safely dispose of prescription medications.
Windham County has been awarded $1,100,000 in a Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building Grant to build a program that can apply for a lead hazard control grant in 2027. The program will build capacity to determine the prevalence of childhood poisoning, identify and train local contractors to address lead hazards, and create a strategy to incorporate lead hazard control into existing and future housing repair programs.
What would you like to see the Sheriff do next?
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